The online sales platform AliExpress, owned by the Chinese group Alibaba, officially starts operating under the Federal Revenue Service's Remessa Conforme programme on the 15th of October. The company joins a list that includes Amazon, Shopee and Shein.

Created by the Ministry of Finance, Remessa Conforme came into force in August with the aim of regularising imported purchases and avoiding non-compliance with tax payments.

Companies that join the programme will be exempt from import tax on purchases of up to US$50. For purchases over US$50, nothing will change in terms of federal tax collection. In these cases, the 60 per cent import tax will continue to apply.

ICMS will be levied on shipments at a uniform rate of 17 per cent. The import declaration and payment of taxes must take place before the goods arrive.

(Source: Folha de Pernambuco)